The coast of west Wales is at once scenic, remote and self-contained. Most settlements have had a castle and fishing, and many still have, and while the castles are ruinous, the fishing is not, or not yet anyway, despite a…
The purpose of the proposed byelaw is to protect subtidal mud, subtidal sand and sea pen and burrowing megafauna communities within the section of West of Walney Marine Conservation Zone inshore of 12 nautical miles. Copies of the draft byelaw, draft byelaw impact…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Choke Species Warning • Victory for NE netsmen • SFF and NFFO joint Brexit statement • Claire Nouvian – Woman who declared war on pulse beaming • West Wales Fishing •…
More measures will be needed to avoid choke tie-ups A North Sea regional group has warned of the dangers of a choke species ‘big bang’ when the discards ban comes fully into force on 1 January next year, unless more…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • ‘Hidden’ Pulse Subsidies • UK industry unites on Brexit • Scallop sector to self-fund dredge surveys • Bridlington potting skippers devastated by gear losses • Peterhead: Largescale Investment Underlines Long-Term Commitment • BOTW: Antarctic D 97…
Commission ‘complicit’, claims Bloom green group The green group that is campaigning to ban electric pulse beam trawling in the EU has accused the Dutch government of failing to declare large subsidies it has given to the Dutch pulse fleet,…
HMS Forth, the first of the new Batch 2 River-Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (Fishing News, 5 April), was commissioned at Portsmouth Naval Base on Friday, 13 April, 2018, reports John Periam The arrival of HMS Forth marks a significant increase…
Notice is hereby given that Blue Transmission London Array Ltd has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Part 4, for a marine licence to undertake future cable repair/remediation/protection works on the London…
Name: Sedulous LK 308 LOA: 26m Built: Astilleros Armon SA Navia 2 Type: Seiner/trawler Home port: Symbister We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got some pictures of your own to share? Send them in for our…
This week in Fishing News you will find: • Warning on MPAs threat • Nancy Glen Recovery • Seafish welcomes new board members • Squid diaries • Serious concerns expressed about TCM framework • BOTW: Sedulous LK 308 • HMS Forth commissioned…
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